Discover the effect of the Viet Cong's Tet Offensive on American morale despite the attack's failure

Discover the effect of the Viet Cong's Tet Offensive on American morale despite the attack's failure
Discover the effect of the Viet Cong's Tet Offensive on American morale despite the attack's failure
The Tet Offensive was a military failure for the Viet Cong, but, at the same time,...
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NARRATOR: Militarily, TET was an overwhelming failure for the Communists. Battle deaths effectively destroyed Viet Cong forces, leaving only the NVA to face the Americans. But psychologically the TET Offensive devastated American morale and support for the war. Nightly, on television news shows, Americans watched the TET Offensive unfold. And they concluded that the United States was no closer to a resolution of the war in Vietnam than it had been in 1965.